Humanists UK and My Death, My Decision (MDMD) will be holding a rally on Parliament Square on 29 April at 15:30 to show their support for assisted dying legislation for the terminally ill and the incurably suffering. On Monday the House of Commons will be holding a Westminster Hall debate on assisted dying after an… Read more »
BASC has welcomed Defra’s announcement that the new General Licence (GL45), which governs the release of pheasants and red-legged partridges on and around certain Special Protection Areas (SPAs), is currently being reviewed. The current licence conditions are based on a medium level of risk of the occurrence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in wild… Read more »
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One of Tony Blair’s former defence and foreign ministers has called on the government to admit they may have been wrong over Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction. Doug Henderson suggested that, following Condoleezza Rice’s admission that the world may never know exactly what weapons Iraq possessed, the government should take the opportunity to tell the… Read more »
The West is on the brink of an asbestos disease epidemic, according to doctors writing in the British Medical Journal. According to forecasts, 100,000 people will die from mesothelioma, a malignant cancer, in the next 25 years. “The peak of the epidemic is expected in 2015 to 2020 when the death rate is likely to… Read more »
